Stranded astronauts could wait until next year to come home: NASA

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The astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in early June on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may have to wait until 2025 to come back home, NASA officials said Wednesday.

There is concern about Starliner’s capability after multiple malfunctions stranded the astronauts, so NASA could use an alternative, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, in February 2025.

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